Last progress February 4, 2025 (10 months ago)
Introduced on February 4, 2025 by Daniel Milton Newhouse
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This bill lets the Department of Defense sell extra aircraft and aircraft parts to be used for fighting wildfires. It renews this program and makes it clearer how the planes can be used. The aircraft can now drop water as well as fire retardant, and the change also lifts limits on helping fight wildfires outside the United States. This authority runs from October 1, 2025, through October 1, 2035 (as stated in the bill text and summary).
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